River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-07-07

That is just the question. l have
saved a little-you know how careful
am. | think | shall only want about 4
couple of hundred pounds more. and
thought. perhaps. with your experiences,
YOU might be able to recommend me 10
some one who would lend it to me, 3"
and Miss Lennon glanced timidly at
I the nObleman.
well. | admire your pluck said
LOrd DOldally What would YOU say
if offered to lend you the money my
Self9''
Il should feel very greatly obliged to
You. my lord. -
Il wish YOU would not my lord me.
Madge said the peer. with rather
sentimental infection Of his voice.
why cant YOU give me my stage
name, a every one else does?'
MIR. Berry, then said the act:esS.
with little courtesy.
That's better. Now drop the Mr.
and YOU shall have the money"
Thank You. Berry was the ans
wer. accompanied by comical little
look which made his lordship laugh.
Then Miss LennoN took the arm which
was held out to her. and the pair went
back To the rest of the company.
This was how it came about that
Lord Doldally once more involved HIM
self I'm a theatrical venture. Scon
afterward il was announced that Miss
Marguerite Lennon had taken the
Jollity Theatre. OF course. this step
ON the part of 50 young an actress
caused some surprise in the professions;
but the surprise was diminished when
it rot wind. rs II very soon did. that
Lord DoIdally was backing the specu-
I l3ti0n In due course the JOllityopened.
\ new piece was produced. Miss
Marguerite LennoN made a. big a hit
as before: and those of the jC5WeSSe
dcJres who had lost their hearts to the
popular favorite We're very savage at
/ the sight Of the confidential terms
which now appeared to prevail be-
tween that Young lady and her noble
patron.
Lord Doldally's position. however.
was by no means an honorary one.
| Having once broken the Ice. Miss Len
noX manifested much less diifidence
about further appeals to her patron
| generosity. The Jollity speculation
1 required a good deal more capital than
/ the Young lady had calculated. while
/ her available funds did not prove quite
- extensive a. she had expected. Thus
| Lord DOldally's chequebook was more
/ than once laid under contribution long
7 after his first advance had been made.
\ OF course, all these transactions were
I in the name of loans. to be repaid as
soon as the returns from the JOllity be-
/ gan To come in. Before. however. the
| new piece had run long enough to be-
Z come profitable. Miss Lennon sprang a
new Investment upon her patron.
Don't you think. she inquired one
day, .-that we could make good thing
\ out Of a season i'm American
Upon my word, Madge. YOU quite
take ones breath away. What put that
I into your head2'
Every one does it-that i to say,
every one Of any position. And most
\ Of them make money out of il, ! am
told Why shouldn't we?'
I'VE will try, if YOU like" his lord
ship replied. Nothing would please
me better than a tour with YOU through
I the States.
i did not know that | had invited
I yOu. said Miss Lennon, with slight
Y change in her tone There would
\ hardly be place in the company for
\ you Ioriship. / ana afraid, .
Miss Lennon had "A trick of putting
/ aside IN some such fashion a. this any
approach 10 familiarity or Lord Dol
dally's part. Still, though a man of the
/ world, and not Young one, he was
very much infatuated with her, and in
| the hope that the proposed American
/ venture would make her feel more APP
preciative of his attentions. he gave a
/ general assent To il. and again lent his
checque book freely for TIE preliminary
expenses, which had 10 be concluded at
| once.
Before however. the preparation for
the American tour were finally COM
plete circumstances brought about an
understanding between his lor-hip and
| Marguerite LennoX rather sooner than
he had anticipated.
The levine premier Of Miss Lenox' Jol-
litv company was Mr. Walter Willard. a
rising Young actor. with an agreeable
person and lovely tenor voice. Miss
Lenox and he had. in fact. played to-
gether since the Young lady's first sea-
son in London. and very nicely they
did ESPECIALLY the loVe-niaking.
which caused eVcruciating torture To
! Miss LenON's admirers ia the stalls.
DOldally was too old a stagrr for weak
ness Of that kind. His experience told
him that the most loye-lOTn hero and
! heroine ON the stage are not on speak
ing terms off IL. Nor was his lOrdshiD
seriously di>cOmpOSed when he dis
covered. as he did before long. that
a long course Of making love to Miss
Lenox on the stage had given Mr.
Millard's constitution a permanent
warp that way. So many people We're
obviously and incOnsolably in love
with Marguerite. that a tenor more or
less was matter of no moment; adj
ded to which Lord Doldally regarded
/. Willard, who was quiet, gentlemaily
fellow In private life as a bit of muff.
and a person entirely beneath his arts
-. tocratic notice. His lOrdshi,J was.
therefore, the more annoyed when
during the latter part of the JOllity
season he noticed signs of incipent
/ Irritation between Marguerite and Mil
lard in the green-ro0m and other places
, where their mutual relation gave no
, warrant for such proceeding 1t was
( after intruding one evening upon te-
I | te-a-tete Of this kind, and receiveing a
e tolerably strait hint that his presence
r was not desired. that Lord Doldally de.
; termined to speak his mind plainly
= without delay. he accordingly called
I upon the actress the very next NOR.
4 ming in a far from amiable mood. and
r lost no time in coming to the point.
= Look here. Marguerite. be said
; I think il is better that we should eoms
: to an understanding.
ii son what subject, pray?" inquiries
Miss LennOx, rather distantly.
+ First on tbs suieef 81 Willard
) don't Ike his dangling about after yon
and l am not going to put up with sacl
q | incidentsas occurred last night.
Y Indeed and what right has you
4 Iordship to express an opinioil on VIVA
e passes between Mr.. Alillarsl and my
s self2f
3 The best Of rights. replied the peer